Frankfurt auto show

Audi e-Tron concept car
Audi's e-Tron, an electronic high-performance sports car, looks like Audi's R8 supercar, while the packaging allows for the specific realities of an electric vehicle.
Why is Audi doing an electric car when fewer than 1,500 electric vehicles are currently registered in Germany, corresponding to only 0.035 percent of all registered vehicles?
Because it says its sees numerous advantages: Electric cars reduce the dependence of transportation and the economy on oil. They produce no direct exhaust emissions and thus ease the local burden on the environment.
Shown here: Audi CEO Rupert Stadler poses next to the e-Tron.



SOURCE: First photo:REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Second through fourth photos: Roger Hart